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The issue discussed in this article is whether a 2-0 vote of a board of trustees of an Ohio township where the third member is absent due to illness constitutes the “unanimous vote of the board”? This question was addressed in by the Ohio Attorney General in Opinion 99-004 and 85-010. A board of township […]
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By Rayan F. Coutinho, Ph.D.
§121.22(C) mandates that “[a]ll meetings of any public body are declared to be public meetings open to the public at all times.” §121.22(G)(1) creates an exception to the open meetings requirement. It provides: “*** the members of a public body may hold an executive session only after a majority of a […]
admin @ January 6, 2008 # One Comment
Both the United States and Ohio constitutions limit the government’s power of eminent domain to situations where the property is being taken for a public use and the owner is compensated (United States Const., Amend. 5; Ohio Const., Art. I, sec. 19). In Kelo v. City of New London (2005), 125 S.Ct. 2655, the […]
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On December 4, 2007, Governor Ted Strickland signed H.B. 50. State Representative Clyde Evans sponsored HB 50, which allows townships to remove junk motor vehicles from public and private property, and to borrow money to pay for removal of junk motor vehicles and other debris from private property.
Old township law authorized townships to […]
admin @ January 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet
On June 25, 2007, Governor Strickland signed Senate Bill 117, which created a new state-issued video-authorization process to replace the local franchise process. Prior to the effective date of the law, a company that intended to provide video service had to obtain a local video service franchise from each municipality or township.
Municipal corporations and […]